Razor-strop protector.



A PATENTED AUG. 2O

No. 864,107. s. O. RRRLAN.

RAZOR sTROP PROTROTOR.

APPLIUATION FILED APILZI. 1906.

W/TNESSES STEPHEN DALTON PHELAN, OF OKEMAH, INDIAN TERRITORY,

RAZOR-STROP PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 20, 1907.

Application sled April 21.1906. serai No. 312,982.

To all whom it may concern. A

Be it known that I, STEPHEN DALTON PHELAN, a citizen of the United States. and a resident of Okemah, District 9, Indian Territory, have invented a new and lImproved RaZor-Strop Protector, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a protector device for razor strops, which will effectually guard the strop from grit and dust and from which the strop may be speedily and readily withdrawn for use from either side of the barbers chair with equal facility by a right or a left-hand operator, which strop when released will be automatically returned within the protector.

A further purpose of the invention Ais to provide means whereby the strop will have its working surface or surfaces polished by a suitablematerial as the strop is drawn from the protector and returned to normal position, and also to so construct the protector that it may contain an antiseptic or germ-destroying liquid, such as formaldehyde, which also acts to keep the strop evenlyI moist throughout.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings v forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the gures.

Figure 1 is a vertical section throughv thel protector taken substantially on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2, and a section through its support; Fig. 2 is an enlarged horizontal section through the protector, taken substantiallyA on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a side elevation o'f the bottoni portion of a strop attached to the protector.

The protector is preferably made of metal, and consists of a cylindrical body A and top and bottom caps a and a, together with an inner, auxiliary upper cap a2. The auxiliary cap a2 rests upon the upper edge of the body, being held in place by the upper main cap a, and the said caps a and a may`be screwed to or otherwise connected with the body A, but`in the drawings the lower cap a is slid over the body to close frictional engagement therewith, while the upper main cap a, in addition to having sliding frictional engagement with the body is held in place by spring tongues 10 secured to the body and apertured to receiv from the sides of the cap.

The main upper cap a isprovided with an interior vertical groove 12 which receives a rib13 on the exterior ofthe inner or auxiliary cap a2, whereby to keep the latter hom shifting. The inner or auxiliary cap a2 is provided with a central slot or opening 14, and with interior parallel partitions 15 and 16, one at each side of the said opening. Two polishing strips or blocks 17 and 18 are also located within the auxiliary cap a2, which polishing strips or blocks are of lead or other pins 11 extending polishing material especially adapted for strops. The outer side faces of the polishing strips 17 and 18 rest against the inner surfaces of the partitions 15 andllG and their ends conform to and abut the inner side wall of said auxiliary cap, as is best shown in Fig. 2. The inner or opposing faces of the polishing strips 17 and 18 extend more or less beyond the side walls of the opening 14, as is shown in Fig. 1, and the space between the said inner faces of the polishing strips is just sufiicient to permit a strop B to be drawn through and have frictional engagement with the said polishers.

The upper main cap a is provided with'an opening 19 corresponding to the opening 14 but wider, and its side walls are outwardly inclined as is also shown in Fig. 1, to permit the strop B when drawn otward to be placed in the desired inclination for use. This strop B may be a single strap or a double strap of leather and canvas, such as generally employed by harbors, and said strop is provided with a handle 20, which is outside the protector, and the lower end of said strop is fitted with a metal binding 21, to which binding a hook 22, a snap or its equivalent is swiveled.

.A pulley 23 is preferably swiveled at the bottom portion of the lowercap a within the protector, as shown in Fig. 1, and a spring 24 is passed around said pulley. One end of this spring, its lower end, is attached to the swivel-hook 22 on 'the strop B, while the upper v end of the spring 24 is preferably attached to a short length of chain 25, suitably secured to the inner face of the body A of the protector, as is illustrated also in Fig. 1. f

The protector is usually placed in front of a barbers chair so that it will be accessible from either side and is below the shelf which contains the barbers supplies. A swiveled attaching device at the lower end of the protector is attached to a hook 26, which is secured to the wall C below the shelf referred to and as close as desired to the floor; and at a point above the fixed hook 26 a downwardly-inclined arm 27 is secured to the aforesaid wall C, and an extension member 28 from a sleeve 29 has a hinge connection 30 with the arm 27, the pintle 31 of the said hinge being loosely and removably passed through the knuckles, so that the sleeve 29 can be removed with the protector when the protector is disconnected from the hook 26. The body A of the protector is loosely passed through the sleeve 29 and turns therein. Thus it will be observed that the strop may be withdrawn from the protector and the protector at the same time be turned as required by the operator, or moved from side to side to accommodate the operator, and the moment the strop is released the spring 24 will return the strop to its normal position within the protector. It is also evident that each time the strop is moved out from the protector and is returned therein the polishers 17 and 18 act upon said strop to keep it in proper condition.

lf desired, any antiseptic or germ-killing compound may be placed in the bottom portion of the' body lA of the protector, as for example below the pulley 23.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,-

l. ln a razor strop protector, a tubular body adapted to receive the strop, a support, a sleeve carried by said support and in which the body is loosely mounted, and an attachinr,r device at the bottom of the body.

ln a razor strop protector', a tubular body having f'aps at its ends, the upper cap being provided with a slot therein, polishers carried by the upper cap and located one at each side ede'e oi' the slot therein. a razor strop located within the body and passed out between the polishers and through the slot in the said upper cap, a spring secured at one ot" its ends within the said4 body. near the upper end thereof, aud a pulley at the bottoni of the said body, over which the said spring; is passed, the lower end of the spring' beim,r attached to the` lower end of the strop.

l. In a razor strop protector. the combination with a tubular body having.; a slot al its upper end and polishers located within the body, one at: each side of said slot, of a strop passed luto the body through the slot inthe upper end and likewise passed between the polishers in engageiueut therewith. n swivel at the lower end of the strop, a pulley swiveled at the bottoni ot the said body, and a spring.;l passed over the pulley, havingr one end connected with the swivel ot the strop, the other end of the spring being attached to the interior ot' the body at a point near its upper end.

i. ln a razor strop protector, the combination with a tubular body, a cap at the upper end ol' said body having, a central slot and provided with parallel partitions one at each side ot' the slot, and polishers carried by said Cap and located one at eat-h side of the said slot, the outer side faces of lsaid polishers resting against the said partitions, of a strop passed iuto the body through the slot in said cap, and likewise passed between the polishers in engagement therewith, a swivel at the lower end ol` the strop, a pulley swiveled at. the bottom of the said body, and a spring; passed over the pulley, the said spring having one end eo '1. :eted with the swivel of the strop, the other end of the spring being attached to the interior o l t-he body at a point near its upper end.

5. ln a razor strop'protector, a tubular body having a main cap at its upper end, an inner auxiliary cap held in place by the main cap, the said caps being provided with corresponding,r slots, polishers carried by the inner cap and located one at each side edge o1 the slot in said cap, and a razor strop normally held within the body and adapted to be drawn out between the polishers and through the slots in saidcaps. l

(i. ln a razor strop protector, a tubular body adapted to receive the strop, a swivel attaching device located at the bottom of the body, a supporting arm in two sections having a hinge connection and a sleeve carried by said supporting-arm in which the said body of the protector is free to turn.

7. in a razor strop protector, a tubulaibody adapted to receive a strop, an attaehimjr device located at the bottom of the body, a fixed hook adapted to he engaged by said attaching device, a lixed arm located above the hoolcandinclined downwardly, and a sleeve in which the said body of the protector is free to turn, the said sleeve being; provided with an extension member' having a hinged connection with the said arm.

8. In a razor strop protector, a tubular body having a main cap at its upper end, an inner auxiliary cap resting on the edge of the body and held in place by the main cap, the said caps being provided with corresponding slots, polishers carried by the inner cap and located one at each side edge of the slot in said cap, a razor strop normally held within the body and adapted to be drawn out between the polishers and through the slots in said caps,. and means for returning' thestrop to its normal position within the body.

ln testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

STEPHEN DALTON PHE AN. Y

Witnesses DAISY ROBERTS, Gmo. H. RALsTnN. 

